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'''[[Lieutenant General]] Nalin Angammana''' ({{lang-si|ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන}}) (1945 &ndash; 1995), Commander of Sri Lanka's 3rd army division, was one of the distinguished [[General]]s in the [[Sri Lanka]] [[Sri Lankan Army|army]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sundaytimes.lk/010729/sitrep.html| title=LTTE's three times lucky terror at Katunayake| publisher=Sunday Times| year=2001 | accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-army| title=Sri Lanka Army | publisher=Nowpublic| year=| accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref> He is the most senior officer of Sri Lanka Army to be killed in battlefield during the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]. Angammana was educated at [[Dharmaraja College]], [[Kandy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.island.lk/2009/07/30/news29.html | title=Dharmaraja honours her war heroes | publisher=The Island | year=2009 | accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref> He was commissioned to the [[Sri Lanka Engineers]] corps as he joined the Army. On July 30, 1995, when he was returning from an investigation into a terrorist attack on a government camp, the vehicle he was returning, caught in a land mine buried by the [[LTTE]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0112/feat2.html| title=Brigadier Nalin Angammana,| publisher=[[CNN]] | year=1995| accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref> Angammana, with 3 other officers was killed due to the explosion. 13 other soldiers were injured.
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'''[[Lieutenant General]] Nalin Angammana''' ({{lang-si|ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන}}) (1945 &ndash; 1995), Commander of Sri Lanka's 3rd army division, was one of the distinguished [[General]]s in the [[Sri Lanka]] [[Sri Lankan Army|army]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sundaytimes.lk/010729/sitrep.html| title=LTTE's three times lucky terror at Katunayake| publisher=Sunday Times| year=2001 | accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-army| title=Sri Lanka Army | publisher=Nowpublic| year=| accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref> He is the most senior officer of Sri Lanka Army to be killed in battlefield during the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]. Angammana was educated at [[Dharmaraja College]], [[Kandy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.island.lk/2009/07/30/news29.html | title=Dharmaraja honours her war heroes | publisher=The Island | year=2009 | accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref> He was commissioned to the [[Sri Lanka Engineers]] corps as he joined the Army. On July 30, 1995, when he was returning from an investigation into a terrorist attack on a government camp, the vehicle he was returning, caught in a land mine buried by the [[LTTE]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0112/feat2.html| title=Brigadier Nalin Angammana,| publisher=CNN | year=1995| accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref> Angammana, with 3 other officers was killed due to the explosion. 13 other soldiers were injured.
   
 
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*[http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/01/20/spice01.asp Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice ]
 
*[http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/01/20/spice01.asp Heroes who made the supreme sacrifice ]
 
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන (Sinhala)
 
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =Sri Lankan Army general
 
| DATE OF BIRTH =1945
 
| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Kandy]], Sri Lanka
 
| DATE OF DEATH =1995
 
| PLACE OF DEATH =[[Batticaloa]], Sri Lanka
 
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Nalin Angammana
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Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana
Native name ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන
Born 1945
Died 1995 (aged 49–50)
Place of birth Kandy, Sri Lanka
Place of death Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
Allegiance Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Service/branch Sri Lanka Army
Rank Lieutenant General
Unit Sri Lanka Engineers
Commands held General Officer Commanding, 3rd Army Division
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Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana (Sinhalese language: ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන) (1945 – 1995), Commander of Sri Lanka's 3rd army division, was one of the distinguished Generals in the Sri Lanka army.[1][2] He is the most senior officer of Sri Lanka Army to be killed in battlefield during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Angammana was educated at Dharmaraja College, Kandy.[3] He was commissioned to the Sri Lanka Engineers corps as he joined the Army. On July 30, 1995, when he was returning from an investigation into a terrorist attack on a government camp, the vehicle he was returning, caught in a land mine buried by the LTTE.[4] Angammana, with 3 other officers was killed due to the explosion. 13 other soldiers were injured.

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